Raceland is located in Louisiana, and politics in the area are highly influenced by the state's rich culture. The city is part of the larger Lafourche Parish and regularly has local elections for representatives to the parish government. Voters in Raceland can elect representatives to serve as Mayor, City Council members, Clerk of Court, Constable, and other local offices. In addition to voting for local candidates, Raceland residents also take part in state-level elections for positions such as Governor, US Senate and Congress Representatives. These elections provide a great opportunity for Raceland citizens to have their voices heard on issues that affect them most directly. As the population of Raceland grows and further develops its infrastructure and economy, it will be important for locals to stay engaged with political processes across all levels of government in order to ensure their interests are represented fairly.
The political climate in Raceland, LA is strongly conservative.
Lafourche County, LA is very conservative. In Lafourche County, LA 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafourche parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.1%.
Lafourche county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Raceland, LA is strongly conservative.
Lafourche County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Houma-Thibodaux Metro Area is very conservative.
Louisiana is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Raceland, Louisiana: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Raceland, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $25,311 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 252 contributions totaling $229,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $912 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)